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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE GOOD SAMARITAN OVERDOSE PREVENTION ACT OF 2016"
+description: "Requires all lifeguards, and park rangers, to be trained in administering opioid antagonists, and would require all public beaches to keep available a minimum of four doses of opioid antagonist."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 343"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 343 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Britto", "Dimitri", "Felag", "Gallo", "LaMountain", "Murray", "Tikoian", "Urso"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-02-21"
+last_action: "2025-06-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ca17f24-5c6a-4e70-8223-5642a542a6dd"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "c5b527ecb2c51d58eac207460cabd47ff4cb0b29fc40f2b1d5ea8a6852b380e5"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
+---
+
+# Rhode Island SB 343 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE GOOD SAMARITAN OVERDOSE PREVENTION ACT OF 2016
+
+Requires all lifeguards, and park rangers, to be trained in administering opioid antagonists, and would require all public beaches to keep available a minimum of four doses of opioid antagonist.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **343 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0343A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bissaillon — primary (person)
+- Britto — primary (person)
+- Dimitri — primary (person)
+- Felag — primary (person)
+- Gallo — primary (person)
+- LaMountain — primary (person)
+- Murray — primary (person)
+- Tikoian — primary (person)
+- Urso — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/04/2025)
+- **2025-03-04** 03/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for consideration
+- **2025-04-21** 04/21/2025 Meeting postponed (04/24/2025)
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/06/2025)
+- **2025-05-05** 05/05/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-05-06** 05/06/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-07** 05/07/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/13/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-13** 05/13/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-05-14** 05/14/2025 Referred to House State Government & Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/20/2025)
+- **2025-05-20** 05/20/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/29/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-29** 05/29/2025 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ca17f24-5c6a-4e70-8223-5642a542a6dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+